Question regarding traduction with JSON files

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Hi, 
 So I'm new here and I would like your help with this system of translation. 
 I have a website that uses JSON files to translate the words/sentences. Currently, the translations are available in french and english and the local code of my files are "fr-FR" and "en-US". 
 The format of my JSON files is very simple: 
 { 
 "Name": "Name", 
 "Apple": "Apple", 
 "Orange": "" 
 
 } 
 I want to translate the key of the JSON file and not the value. When the value is empty, SDL studio doesn't propose me to translate it and it's a problem. I wonder if there is a solution for this. 
 Secondly, I wanna know if that's possible to not have a language as reference since both french and english has to be translated and we translate the name of the property that we give to our page. 
 If I put French as reference language then I can't translate french JSON file that has to be translated. 
 Thanks

Paul · Answer

Dan Jakubowicz 
 If you want to translate the key I think you'll need to create a custom filetype yourself, probably using the regex delimited text filetype. Should be quite straightforward. This might be helpful: 
 https://multifarious.filkin.com/2020/03/16/the-versatile-regex-based-text-filter-in-trados-studio/

Paul · Answer

Dan Jakubowicz 
 Dan Jakubowicz said: Is it enough clear? ^^' 
 Yes. 
 Dan Jakubowicz said: If a key already has already a translation, that means there is something in the value, so when I open the file for translating there should be the key on the left side and the translation on the right side. 
 This is not possible on the basis of you having the key on the left and the translated value on the right. The solution I gave you earlier will only allow you to translate the key as a monlingual file. So the result will be a new file with a translated key but the actual translated content will be exactly the same as it was before translation. Studio doesn't have a bilngual text filetype... I wish it did. 
 A possible solution would be to use the Bilingual Excel filetype instead. If you import into Excel (based on your simple example) and use colon as the delimiter you get this: 
 
 Now open in Studio with these settings: 
 
 Looks like this in Studio: 
 
 Now you have the key on the left and the translated content on the right. Translate the files, save the target to get a translated Excel file and then reverse the process to get your JSON file back. 
 Bit of a workaround... maybe someone else has a better idea.

Paul · Answer

Dan Jakubowicz 
 Dan Jakubowicz said: But, I have also an english Json file with already few translations. 
 Do you have the original FR file that matches the EN? If you do then you could align them to create a TM. Then when you work on your FR file with this TM anything that you have translated before will be recognised and offered as a translation.

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